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Bush gave up golf out of respect for soldiers killed in Iraq
War casualities led to decision
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More from GolfWASHINGTON (AP) — In an interview Tuesday with the political newspaper Politico and Yahoo News, President Bush said he gave up golf in 2003 out of respect for U.S. soldiers killed in the war, which has now lasted more than five years.
"I didn't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
Bush said he made his decision after the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.
Bush also said he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could "eventually lead to another attack on the United States."
A question submitted from the online audience asked Bush whether he felt he had been misled about Iraq as he made the decision to go to war.
"'Misled' is a strong word," he said. "Not only our intelligence community, but intelligence communities all across the world shared the same assessment. And so I was disappointed to see how flawed our intelligence was."
"Do I think somebody lied to me? No, I don't. I think it was just, you know, they analyzed the situation and came up with the wrong conclusion," he added.
Posted by bugmenot on May 20, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
What's so important about an interview that Bush gave in 2003 about giving up golf. Why is it news today? I speculate that it's news because recently there have surfaced photos of GWB golfing. I'm no GWB fan, but it seems like he's being setup for the smear by the AP or VCS.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
Olberman even did a "Special Comment" about the golf situation.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/...
Weird.
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